Bio:

Created in a lab by a three privately funded doctors, a
geneticist, a biotechnologist, and an engineer, Celest was made to show the
world that humans could be created artificially; she was dubbed the ‘Homunculus
Project’. They designed her to be faster, stronger, hardier, and more
perceptive than naturally occurring humans. What wasn’t expected was the way
these traits manifested: tests concluded that she could cross an entire
continent in less than an hour, lift a van, and stretch her limbs as if they
were made of rubber.

The geneticist, Roslyn Bradley, put more time and care into
the ‘project’, than her counterparts, treating Celest as more of a surrogate
daughter than a science experiment. Dr. Bradley taught her how the world
worked, the difference between right and wrong, how to make friends, and what
it meant to be human. “Just because we created you with technology,” Dr.
Bradley always told her, “Doesn’t make you any less human than anyone else.”

Tragedy struck Celest’s life with Dr. Bradley was killed in
a car accident, but in the same instant, she was granted liberty: In Dr.
Bradley’s will, she left the last of her money to Celest, so she could afford a
lawyer. After several long months in court, Celest won her freedom and became
legally recognized as a human being, with the help of the engineer’s (Dr.Martino) testimonial that she possessed all of the qualities of a normal human. The other doctor, however, was not so willing to let Celest go, having spent the past fifteen or so years of his life ‘working on her’. Taking Martino’s testimonial as a last betrayal, the biotechnician cut all ties to his current life and hasn’t been heard from since.

Dr. Martino still keeps in contact with Celest, often sending her support checks, and supplying her with clothes that meet her capabilities of elongating, and shoes that wouldn’t fall apart immediately if she ran at full tilt.